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Started by tophoo, March 28, 2011, 06:58:05 PM

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tophoo

March 28, 2011, 06:58:05 PM
do you guys know what type of coral this is??

Malyon18

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March 28, 2011, 07:02:46 PM
Button Polyp is my guess but maybe wrong :)
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tophoo

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March 28, 2011, 07:15:08 PM
Quote from: Malyon18 on March 28, 2011, 07:02:46 PM
Button Polyp is my guess but maybe wrong :)

both of them?

Malyon18

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March 28, 2011, 07:16:13 PM
Well I googled button polyp and found pictures that resemble both, wait and maybe someone with more experience will chime in
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NanoSF

#4
March 28, 2011, 07:59:14 PM
Do you mean both as in the green ones too? If so the green is Zoanthid, but the other is probably button. Could be a Zoanthid too though, but looks more like a button polyp.

Darth

#5
March 28, 2011, 09:01:21 PM
they are button polyps, I have a bunch in my tank too, nice zoa btw!

redbelly

#6
March 30, 2011, 10:05:05 AM
Looks like some black sponge on the rock too.

Protopalythoa (aka button polyp) is the brown one. Under moderate lighting they can go green.

Green one is a zoanthid from vietnam most likely.

Thunda

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April 17, 2011, 01:28:47 PM
They look like our zoos (only in a different colour). Out of curiosity, are they of the same family, or are zoos the short form for them?

Bob P

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April 17, 2011, 01:38:03 PM Last Edit: April 17, 2011, 01:40:35 PM by Bob P
Zoos = Zoanthids.

Bob P

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April 17, 2011, 01:39:58 PM
Quote from: Thunda on April 17, 2011, 01:28:47 PM
They look like our zoos (only in a different colour). Out of curiosity, are they of the same family, or are zoos the short form for them?
Zoanthids

Thunda

#10
April 17, 2011, 02:03:39 PM
Thanks Bob!

BOnaqua

#11
August 04, 2011, 10:44:07 PM
Brown/green button polips (top).
Green zoas (bottom).

tophoo

#12
August 05, 2011, 06:15:09 AM
As you can see in the pic, there's a black sponge thing on it.  It have now covered the whole rock.  I can I get rid on it?

BOnaqua

#13
August 05, 2011, 07:22:35 AM
Get a plastic or glass turkey baster (brand new one) and try 'blowing' it off.
Or you can 'vacuum' it with the baster.
I doesn't look like sponge to me, but like a weird kind of Cyano attack.
I had that thing happen to me a while ago.
Covered the coral and suffocated it.

Hookup

#14
August 05, 2011, 10:15:27 AM
Quote from: tophoo on August 05, 2011, 06:15:09 AM
As you can see in the pic, there's a black sponge thing on it.  It have now covered the whole rock.  I can I get rid on it?

I had something that looked identical to your photo on a rock and coral of mine...  I simple pulled them out, went to the sink... Used a toothbrush, my wife's not mine, and scrubbed it off...  Rinsed it under running tap water and replaced the coral...  Maybe a 3-5min process...

No harm to the coral, other than where the black sponge had already started to encroach...  Everything was fine after that.

nelson

#15
August 05, 2011, 10:56:38 AM
The two brown critters above the green zoos look like Aiptasia to me.

Greatwhite

#16
August 05, 2011, 11:00:41 AM
Quote from: Nelson on August 05, 2011, 10:56:38 AM
The two brown critters above the green zoos look like Aiptasia to me.

Nope.. Not aptasia.
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